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Drama on 3

As Innocent As You Can Get

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

By Rex Obano. A story about guilt and innocence focusing on two men. One is a prison psychologist and the other is a prisoner convicted under 'joint enterprise'. With Freddie Fox. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Janet Suzman introduces Levi's stories about the elements, dramatised by Graham White. 1820s - Paul Hilton plays a captain living on a remote island of strange chemical properties. Show more

Contributors

Abrahams:
Paul Hilton
Willem:
Leo Wan
Rebecca:
Debra Baker
Author:
Primo Levi
Adaptor:
Graham White
Director:
Marc Beeby
Director:
Emma Harding
Producer:
Marc Beeby
Producer:
Emma Harding

Genres

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Comedy trio Peepolykus upend classic fiction: in ancient Persia, executioners plot to kidnap a yarn-telling queen. From 2015. Show more

Drama on 4

Inspector Chen Novels

Death of a Red Heroine

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

The murder of a model worker in Shanghai gives Inspector Chen his first challenge with the Special Case Squad. Award-winning crime drama by Qiu Xiaolong. Show more

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 1: The Wolf

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

A former secret policeman has been found murdered. Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War, is assigned to the case. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Mrs Kovacs:
Susan Jameson
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Kitchen Porter:
Richard Pepple
Police Officer:
Sam Rix
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Drama on 4

Inspector Chen Novels

When Red Is Black

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Early 1990s Shanghai. Chen cannot turn down a lucrative translation job for a rich developer. But he must also find the murderer of a dissident writer. Crime drama by Qiu Xiaolong. Show more

Contributors

Inspector Chen:
Jamie Zubairi
Detective Yu:
Dan Li
Peiqin:
Sarah Lam
Party Secretary Li:
Daniel York
Qiao Ming:
Chris Pavlo
White Cloud:
Elizabeth Chan
Boa Hung:
Leo Wan
Adaptor:
John Harvey
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

Drama on 4

The Rage

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Clare Lizzimore's rapid-fire drama goes inside the head of Anthony - a boy full of rage. Starring Theo Barklem-Biggs, Lee Ross and Danusia Samal. Show more

Drama on 4

Stage Left

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Stage Left Theatre Company has changed in the ten years since it was founded, and not to everyone's taste. Tensions are rising between the founder members. Show more

Home Front

29 December 1915 - Isabel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

France gifts the land holding British war cemeteries to Great Britain, and the Grahams discover where Adeline and Phyllis have gone. Show more

Contributors

Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou

Home Front

25 January 1916 - Bob Capeling

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day, a conference on shell shock began at the Royal Society of Medicine, and Bob Capeling finds himself in difficulties at the Bevan. Show more

Contributors

Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Millie Mumford:
Jessica Turner
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Carl Larkin:
Richard Pepple
Patrick Bunting:
Jack Ashton
Beryl Roche:
Rebecca Hamilton

Home Front

12 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day a secret meeting of the Non-Conscription fellowship was held in Kentish town, while in Folkestone it's a day of celebrations. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Laurie Pearce:
Will Howard
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Ivor Davies:
Alun Raglan

Motherland

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Sitcom about motherhood. A pool party ruins Julia's plans before an important event at work. Liz is after a date, and a new dad on the scene puts Kevin's nose out of joint. Show more

Contributors

Amanda:
Lucy Punch
Pool Receptionist:
Toyin Ayedun-Alase
Pool Attendant:
Sharon Gavin
Malcolm Spender:
Richard Pepple
Mitch:
Ryan Pope
Director:
Juliet May
Producer:
Richard Boden
Executive Producer:
Clelia Mountford
Executive Producer:
Sharon Horgan
Executive Producer:
Richard Boden
Executive Producer:
Graham Linehan
Production Company:
Delightful Industries
Production Company:
Merman Television Ltd

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Continues

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Michael learns a secret from Fleur's past and Soames's suspicions about a business deal are confirmed. Stars Jessica Raine. Show more

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This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

15 Minute Drama

Toni Morrison - Beloved

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

After Paul D's departure, only the women remain in the house at 124 Bluestone Road. Sethe is about to discover the nature of the bond that binds them together. Show more

Little Women

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

US period drama. The March sisters prepare for Christmas with their father away at war. A chance encounter at a party leads the girls to make friends with new neighbour Laurie. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Playground Television UK Ltd
Jo March:
Maya Hawke
Amy March:
Kathryn Newton
Beth March:
Annes Elwy
Laurie Laurence:
Jonah Hauer-King
John Brooke:
Julian Morris
Mr March:
Dylan Baker
Mr Laurence:
Michael Gambon
Aunt March:
Angela Lansbury
Kate Vaughan:
Mei Bignall
Bandaged Young Man:
Fode Simbo
Hairdresser:
Richard Pepple
Producer:
Susie Liggat
Executive Producer:
Colin Callender
Executive Producer:
Sophie Gardiner
Executive Producer:
Heidi Thomas
Executive Producer:
Lucy Richer
Executive Producer:
Rebecca Eaton

Home Front

21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson (Season 6 start)

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The first episode of Season 6: as Folkestone begins to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals. Show more

Contributors

Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden

Drama on 4

The Bed-Sitting Room

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Spike Milligan and John Antrobus's post-apocalyptic, surrealist, comic tale. Stars Paul Merton and Bernard Cribbins. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Captain Kak:
Paul Merton
Lord Fortnum:
Derek Jacobi
Mrs Ethel Skroake:
Suki Webster
The Vicar:
John Antrobus
Captain:
Sean Baker
Director:
Sam Michell
Adaptor:
Paul Merton

Genres

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Akbar Kurtha stars in a dramatisation of Levi's stories about the elements, introduced by Janet Suzman, dramatised by Graham White. Primo is a student chemist in Fascist Italy Show more